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Table 2 Time of healthcare seeking and malaria diagnosis of imported cases in Jiangsu Province, 2012–2020

From: Improving the surveillance and response system to achieve and maintain malaria elimination: a retrospective analysis in Jiangsu Province, China

Year

Cases seeking healthcare after symptom onset, n (%)

Diagnosis by medical facilities after symptom onset, n (%)

Total

Day zero to seek healthcare

1–2 days to seek healthcare

 ≥ 3 days to seek healthcare

Day zero for diagnosis

1–2 days for diagnosis

 ≥ 3 days for diagnosis

2012

55 (27.8)

67 (33.8)

76 (38.4)

106 (53.5)

40 (20.2)

52 (26.3)

198 (100.0)

2013

82 (24.1)

164 (48.1)

95 (27.8)

230 (67.5)

55 (16.1)

56 (16.4)

341 (100.0)

2014

88 (24.8)

168 (47.4)

99 (27.8)

227 (63.9)

66 (18.6)

62 (17.5)

355 (100.0)

2015

136 (33.6)

181 (44.7)

88 (21.7)

271 (66.9)

85 (20.9)

49 (12.2)

405 (100.0)

2016

63 (20.5)

168 (54.5)

77 (25.0)

201 (65.3)

67 (21.8)

40 (12.9)

308 (100.0)

2017

72 (30.1)

97 (40.6)

70 (29.3)

139 (58.2)

63 (26.3)

37 (15.5)

239 (100.0)

2018

83 (34.1)

106 (43.7)

54 (22.2)

132 (54.3)

68 (27.9)

43 (17.8)

243 (100.0)

2019

76 (31.1)

114 (46.8)

54 (22.1)

149 (61.1)

69 (28.3)

26 (10.6)

244 (100.0)

2020

31 (34.4)

39 (43.3)

20 (22.3)

47 (52.2)

27 (30.0)

16 (17.8)

90 (100.0)

Total

687 (28.4)

1,104 (45.6)

632 (26.1)

1,502 (61.9)

540 (22.3)

381 (15.7)

2,423 (100.0)